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View of banners on display around campus during the University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill Bicentennial Celebration;
P010_9309679_03, in the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Bicentennial Photographic Collection
(P0010), North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives, The Wilson Library, University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill celebrated the bicentennial of its
founding in October 1993. The two chief photographers represented in this collection
are Dan Sears and Rick Beckman. Sears has served as the official University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill photographer since 1992. He has also worked for several newspapers,
United Press International, and the Associated Press. Beckman began his career as
a photojournalist and taught for 30 years at the University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill School of Journalism and Mass Communication. The collection documents the bicentennial activities at the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill in October 1993. The majority of the images were taken by Dan Sears
and Rick Beckman, but the work of a few other UNC staff photographers is also included.
Most of the images date from October 1993, but a few were taken on other dates.

No image in this collection may be reproduced without the permission and consent of
the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Copyright Notice

Copyright is retained by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Bicentennial
Photographic Collection (P0010), copyright [or copyright symbol] University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill Bicentennial Photographic Collection, year image was made
[when known], North Carolina Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Library.

Acquisitions Information

Given on 19 November 1999 by Dan Sears of UNC-Chapel Hill News Services and Rich Beckman
of the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Journalism. Accession number 30922.

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identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent
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private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable
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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill was founded in 1793. In the late 1980's
the University designated a seven month period during which the bicentennial of the
founding of the University would be officially observed: from October 10, 1993 through
May 15, 1994 (commencement). The images in this collection document the activities
that occurred during October 10-12, 1993, which was designated as the official begining
of the Bicentennial Observance at the University. The
schedule of events for October 10-12, 1993 is available as a pdf file (3 pages, approximately 106 KB)
and lists corresponding roll numbers listed in instances where they have been identified.
The two chief photographers represented in this collection are Dan Sears and Rick
Beckman. Sears has served as the official University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
photographer since 1992. He has also worked for several newspapers, United Press International,
and the Associated Press. Beckman began his career as a photojournalist and taught
for 30 years at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Journalism
and Mass Communication.

The collection documents the bicentennial activities at the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill in October 1993. The majority of the images were taken by Dan Sears
and Rick Beckman, but the work of a few other UNC staff photographers is also included.
Most of the images date from October 1993, but a few were taken on other dates.

This binder contains a series of documents related to images taken at the bicentennial
celebration including a version of the official schedule of events (10-12 October
1993) with corresponding negative/roll numbers (where known - click here to see transcription),
a list of identified "people of interest," and a list of students representing all 100 North Carolina counties. There are also
40 pages of contact sheets that include a selection of the images taken at the bicentennial
celebration.

These prints were made from images taken during the opening events for the University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Bicentennial Celebration. The prints do not represent
all of the images taken during the celebration. Researchers are encouraged to look
in the negatives album (album 7) if the image they are looking for cannot be found
in albums 2-6 contained in series 2. People of interest have been identified whenever
possible and are listed within entries for the albums in this series. The numbers
in parentheses correspond to the number associated with a particular roll (same number
used for negatives and corresponding prints) of film. Some of the photographs in this
series have photocopies accompanying them with names written next to identified individuals.

These images were taken during the bicentennial celebration at the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill. There are also two sheets of negatives that were taken before
the official activities began (10-12 October 1993) on 17 November 1992 and 14 September
1993.